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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213480669" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Josh Triplett <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213480669">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:06)</a>:</h4>
<p>(This should probably be split into a different topic. What's the mechanism to do that for everything past a certain point in a topic?)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213480797" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213480797">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:08)</a>:</h4>
<p>"edit topic" -- not sure if you need to be admin in the "i" or three dot menu</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213480921" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Josh Triplett <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213480921">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:09)</a>:</h4>
<p>I'm looking in the three-dot menu on my message, and I don't see that. I do have admin permissions.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213480995" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Josh Triplett <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213480995">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:10)</a>:</h4>
<p>(I have "edit" for my own message, but not "edit topic".)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213481003" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Thom Chiovoloni <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213481003">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:10)</a>:</h4>
<p>If <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="281757">@Jubilee</span> is around, I believe she's the one who split the big ol movemask discussion into its own topic (out from something else) in the past</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213481032" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213481032">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:10)</a>:</h4>
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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213481043" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213481043">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:10)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="239881">@Josh Triplett</span> Is that not what you see?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213481058" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213481058">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:11)</a>:</h4>
<p>oh huh</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213481077" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213481077">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:11)</a>:</h4>
<p>If I hit "i" it looks like it's that menu but it has different options!</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213481098" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213481098">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:11)</a>:</h4>
<p>Still, "Edit" is the right option.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213481137" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Josh Triplett <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213481137">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:12)</a>:</h4>
<p>Oh. If I change the topic of my message, will that move subsequent messages in the topic?</p>



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<p>It should give you a dropdown to select only later / all in this topic</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213481425" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Josh Triplett <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213481425">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:14)</a>:</h4>
<p>Thanks. I didn't expect that to be hidden until I changed the topic text. I've moved that, and I also moved all the Zulip meta to <em>this</em> separate topic. :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion%20about%20editing%20Zulip%20topics/near/213481458" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Notification Bot <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics.html#213481458">(Oct 15 2020 at 20:15)</a>:</h4>
<p>This topic was moved here from <a class="stream-topic" data-stream-id="257879" href="/#narrow/stream/257879-project-portable-simd/topic/meta-discussion.20about.20editing.20Zulip.20topics">#project-portable-simd &gt; meta-discussion about editing Zulip topics</a> by <span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="239881">Josh Triplett</span></p>



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